Example sentences of "accept [pers pn] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Being fascinated with the problems of developing highly professional staff , and having many years of experience in recruiting from almost every British campus , I could not accept them as good building stone and felt obliged to turn them down . |
| 2 | Groucho said , ‘ Any club that would accept me as a member , I would n't want to join . ’ |
| 3 | I knew my family would never accept me as a boy or man , so I began to withdraw from them . |
| 4 | Just consider whether you can accept me as a husband . |
| 5 | I do n't understand them and think that I 'm never going to meet anybody nice that will accept me as a single parent . |
| 6 | An occupational therapist stated : ‘ It did n't matter what I said , they said I could n't cope ’ , and a physiotherapist recalled that : ‘ His parting words were ‘ Nobody will accept you as a physio , no school 's going to accept you . ’ ’ |
| 7 | You ca n't accept them as adults like you and they ca n't accept you as adults like them . |
| 8 | I 'd accept you as an honorary woman any day ! ’ |
| 9 | While your friends are giving you a hard time at present if you persist and refuse to indulge in drug taking they should eventually accept you as a non-user . |
| 10 | Always doing a number about his screen image , about how audiences would not accept him as a thief , how audiences would only accept him as a fallen sinner — someone they could love . ’ |
| 11 | Always doing a number about his screen image , about how audiences would not accept him as a thief , how audiences would only accept him as a fallen sinner — someone they could love . ’ |
| 12 | Philip had written a very conciliatory letter to her father , hoping they 'd accept him as a son-in-law . |
| 13 | And if , in the morning , Lord John withdrew his promise to repay the money and accepted the challenge of a duel , then the world would accept him as a man of brave honour . |
| 14 | But despite that , Gloucestershire County Council still ca n't find another school that will accept him as a full time student . |
| 15 | All that is required is that she should climb better , harder , in more desperate circumstances than every man on the planet and we men will accept her as an equal . |
| 16 | And , and that 's the only reason why he wanted her there , that 's the only reason why he could not accept her as a friend or an , as a companion . |
| 17 | But the children and students of the electronic age will simply accept it as an effortless and automatic guide to self-expression . |
| 18 | By its declaration of Palestinian independence the PNC filled the inter-statal void left by Jordan 's abdication of the West Bank , though it was doubtful that the United States would accept it as such . |
| 19 | Why could n't this woman simply accept it as a fact of life , part of her make-up , such as not wanting to live in the country or swim in the sea . |
| 20 | Then , having discovered the true meaning , we must accept it as the word of God . |
| 21 | If the amendment is seconded by another person who has not spoken on the original motion , the Chairman must accept it as a new motion , subject to the provisos that the amendment is not a simple negative of the motion ; is relevant ; does not cover ground that has been dealt with under a previous amendment ; and is not frivolous nor illegal . |
| 22 | If that had happened after the sale of the National Bus Company , one could accept it as good business . |
| 23 | This is unlikely to be the type of mistake that should occur : and , if it did occur , the other party would more readily accept it as a mistake making the decision invalid . |
| 24 | If your doctors says that you 're going die within twelve months , we will accept it as a diagnosis of a critical illness . |